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In June 2016, the Executive Board in decision EB139(1) requested the Director-General to 1.develop with the full participation of Member States and in cooperation with other relevant stakeholders a draft global action plan on the public health response to dementia, with clear goals and targets, for consideration by the Seventieth World Health Assembly, through the Executive Board at its 140th session.

In resolution S-30/1, the General Assembly adopted the outcome document of its special session on the world drug problem (New York, United States of America, 19−21 April 2016). Heads of State and Government, ministers and representatives of Member States reiterated their commitment to promote the health, welfare and well-being of all individuals, families, communities and society as a whole.

The Organization must regularly invest in longer-term capital projects, in order to provide an effective and secure working environment for its staff. A Real Estate Fund was established under resolution WHA23.14 (1970) in order to provide funds for, inter alia, major maintenance and repairs to WHO buildings, and for new building construction.

At its twenty-fifth meeting, the Programme Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board recommended to the Executive Board that further discussions with the Secretariat take place on the Proposed programme budget 2018–2019, especially on the affordable level of assessed contributions, savings and efficiencies, prioritization of activities, impact of voluntary contributions, and resource mobilization.1 This paper sets out the rationale for a proposed increase in assessed contrib

In May 2016, the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA69.11 on Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In January 2017, the Executive Board at its 140th session took note of a report on progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda,1 in which the Secretariat proposed six main lines of action, presented as instruments of change, in order to help Member States achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

In the Proposed programme budget 2018–2019, WHO is seizing the opportunity presented by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to strengthen its leadership in global health and enhance its support at the country level.

Article 31 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization (Annex 1) states that the Director-General shall be appointed by the Health Assembly on the nomination of the Board on such terms as the Health Assembly may determine.

The Executive Board at its 140th session noted an earlier version of this report.1 The text has been updated and revised in light of the Board’s deliberations and also now contains an updated version of the report on WHO’s human resources funded by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which appeared in document EB140/46, Annex, which was also noted by the Board.

The Executive Board at its 140th session in January 2017 adopted decision EB140(4) on poliomyelitis, in which the Director-General was requested, inter alia, to present to the Seventieth World Health Assembly a report that outlines the programmatic, financial and human-resource-related risks resulting from the current winding-down and eventual discontinuation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, as well as an update on actions taken and planned to mitigate those risks while ensuring t

Having noted the report of the 2016 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework Review Group and the summary of the Secretariat’s report on the public health implications of the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol,1 the Executive Board at its 140th session in January 2017 adopted decision EB140(5), inter alia requesting the Director-General to continue consultations with the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and with other relevant international organizations, as appropri